Ex-Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamman believes the Reds should look to sell Ibrahima Konate should they land Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi.
Liverpool's summer this year has been much busier than last year, with the Reds having already signed the likes of Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike, Milos Kerkez, and Jeremie Frimpong. They are also poised to land Parma defender Giovanni Leoni for an initial £26 million ($35.3 million) after Reds boss Arne Slot confirmed Liverpool had agreed a deal to sign the 18-year-old.
They are also still interested in Newcastle striker Alexander Isak, who has told the Magpies he has no intention of playing for them ever again, even if he is not sold this summer. However, Newcastle wants £150 million ($204 million) for Isak. They rejected a bid of £110 million ($150 million), with Liverpool icon Jamie Carragher adamant the Reds should not spend $200 million on the Swede.
Another name the Reds have been linked with this summer is Crystal Palace's Marc Guehi, who is out of contract next summer. Palace wants to sell the defender so as not to lose him on a free.
There is currently a gap in the valuations between the Reds and Palace, however. Liverpool would do a deal between $41M to $48M, while Palace wants $54 million.
But, should they come to an agreement over a deal for Guehi, former Liverpool midfielder Hamman believes the Reds should then look to sell Ibrahima Konate.
Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate in pre-season
Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate is now in the last 12 months of his deal at the Reds (Image: Getty Images)
The French defender, who rejected the Reds' first extension offer, is also out of contract next summer.
"Liverpool have always been very strict and clear when these things happen," said Hamman via CasinoHawks. I wouldn't be surprised if Marc Guehi were to sign, they let Ibrahima Konate go and cash in on him.
"We've seen with the big clubs, you've got to make decisions, and sometimes those decisions are not popular. We saw it at Barcelona with Marc-Andre ter Stegen, a new keeper was brought in.
"We've seen it in PSG now, Gianluigi Donnarumma has been exceptional last season, in the Champions League, then they bring in a new keeper because he hasn't signed a new contract, and he's probably got to leave the club now.
"I think the big clubs, the way they see it is that they offer them contracts, they see what they do.
"And then once it goes past a certain deadline or a certain date, they say, 'Okay, we have to act.' And this is what they do.
"I'm 100 percent certain Liverpool is looking actively, because you've got to be in control of the situation, which you wouldn't be if you just say, 'Let's try going into the season with Konate, there may be signs and in contract.'
"If he doesn't, then you've got a problem because if you need somebody next season, when he's leaving on a free, everybody knows that maybe the players get a bit more expensive.
"Liverpool will be looking actively for a replacement."